The Village Of Bald Head Island, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
The Village Of Bald Head Island at a glance
The Village Of Bald Head Island serves about 3,500 people through 1,360 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Brunswick County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0410130; phone on file: 910-457-7351. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Village Of Bald Head Island is 4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How The Village Of Bald Head Island compares
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. The Village Of Bald Head Island's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 67th percentile in North Carolina and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Brunswick County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Village Of Bald Head Island. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County Water System | 151,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brunswick Regional Water And Sewer H2go | 51,252 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oak Island, Town Of | 26,924 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ocean Isle Beach, Town Of | 7,925 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holden Beach, Town Of | 6,299 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ocean Aire Estates | 406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chadwick Mhp | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in The Village Of Bald Head Island's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask The Village Of Bald Head Island whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.